NRC477 - Unidentified (1811 ?)
Correio da Azia
Coin Heritage
Soverign Issuer Fernando VII
Coin TypeUnidentified
Date 1811 ?
Coin Details
Weight 15.41g
Condition Very poor
Date Found 1/07/2011
Museum Reference
Registration Number 477
Soverign Issuer Fernando VII
Coin TypeUnidentified
Date 1811 ?
Weight 15.41g
Condition Very poor
Date Found 1/07/2011
Registration Number 477
1817 Emilla was dispatched to salvage the Correio da Azia. Capt. Pedro Jose da Silva Loureiro, Pilot Luis Beltrao
The Correio da Azia was ‘coming from Lisbon to Macau against weather, seas and wind, fire, shallows and coastal dangers and errors of maps’ (de Freitas 1816) when it ran aground on Ningaloo reef on 26 November, 1816. Established by the Portuguese in 1557 and returned to...